From the folks who brought you Funerale di Venezia…

Maybe the turnout wasn’t as thronging as they would have liked, but the folks at Venessia.com definitely made their point — as they always do. They took no prisoners on Sunday morning, November 14th, with Veniceland, their sardonic take on Venice’s seemingly inevitable evolution into a theme park — but softened the blows with an irrepressible sense of irony, and just plain fun. The festivities started at the Erbaria where mouse ears and tails were distributed to all who were willing to don them. The musical flotilla winded its way through the city to Piazzale Roma, where storybook characters and trademark pantegane (rats) disembarked and began incoming visitors at the base of the Calatrava bridge.

Take a second to scan the image below, distributed along with entrance tickets to all who arrived Sunday morning to visit Veniceland, you’ll get the idea.

For a complete view of the festivities, visit the official site, Veniceland2010.com

Be sure and bookmark Venessia.com‘s official site & ning, too.

Wonder what sti tosi will come up with for us next year…